Can the media serve democracy?
essays in honour of Jay G. Blumler
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Author
Contributions
- Blumler, Jay G., honouree - Contributor
Publication
2015 - Palgrave Macmillan, Houndsmills, Basinstoke, Hampshire, England
Language
English
Word Count
62,750 words, Guess
Page Count
251 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781137467911
- ISBN-101137467916
- Library of Congress Control Number2014038189
- OCLC Control Number889735555
- Better World Books9781137467911
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL31048798M
Classifications
- DDC320.01/4
- LCCJA85 .C355 2015
- LCCJC421-JC472.2HM621-H
Description
"This landmark collection brings leading scholars in the field of political communication to debate one of the most important questions of our age: Can the media serve democracy? For the media to be democratic, they must enter into a positive relationship with their readers, viewers and listeners as citizens rather than consumers who buy things, audiences who gaze upon spectacles or isolated egos, obsessed with themselves. The media's first task is to remind people that they are inhabitants of a world in which they can make a difference. By enabling citizens to encounter and make sense of events, relationships and cultures of which they have no direct experience, the media constitute a public arena in which members of the public come together as more than passing strangers"--
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